Thursday, February 16, 2012

changing times

.-- In Russia, a mayor has banned toys in a demonstration for clean elections. Their inclusion of toys was an activist effort to get around unsanctioned demonstrations. 200 toys had been expected to take part.

-- In the United States, funding that would allow for the screening of toxic produce has been slashed. If enough people get sick, perhaps they won't swell the ranks of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

-- Interracial marriage is on the rise. Hitler and the Ku Klux Klan must be spinning in their graves. Suddenly "race" is not so clear-cut.

-- And Moody's, one of the credit rating agencies whose credibility was thrown into dubious relief during the 2008 financial crash, has warned that it may cut the credit ratings of 17 global and 114 European financial institutions. How Moody's warnings today are more credible than they were when it was pointed out that the institution was making money by dealing in the instruments it rated beats the shit out of me.
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My name is Adam Fisher. I live in Northampton, Mass., U.S.A. I have a wife and three children. This is my blog and consists of almost-daily postings -- sometimes (older) about the Zen Buddhism I have admired and practiced for something short of 50 years; sometimes about other 'spiritual' matters; and (more recently) about whatever strikes my fancy. Except to the extent that it might help others to consider what sort of fool they might prefer not to be, this blog does not aim to help anyone. Writing is an old and diminishing habit. It's what I do. Once upon a time, I built a zendo/meditation hall in the backyard here and invited people to come. The zendo is still there and my Dharma name is still "Genkaku" ("original realization" or "original understanding") but these days the formality of meditation has drained. Black Moon Zendo is still a good zendo, but I am 77 in 2017 ... creaky and disinclined. I honor those who make courageous journeys, but am hoist by my own observation that "Just because you are indispensable to the universe does not mean the universe needs your help." Best wishes to all. I can be contacted at genkakukigen@aol.com